uart: add capability to check if data can be read from device

Signed-off-by: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
Signed-off-by: Brendan Le Foll <brendan.le.foll@intel.com>

api/mraa/uart.h

@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ int mraa_uart_read(mraa_uart_context dev, char *buf, size_t len);
  */
 int mraa_uart_write(mraa_uart_context dev, char *buf, size_t len);
 
+/**
+ * Check to see if data is available on the device for reading
+ *
+ * @param dev uart context
+ * @param millis number of milliseconds to wait, or 0 to return immediately
+ * @return 1 if there is data available to read, 0 otherwise
+ */
+mraa_boolean_t
+mraa_uart_data_available(mraa_uart_context dev, unsigned int millis);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }

api/mraa/uart.hpp

@@ -128,6 +128,21 @@ class Uart
         return mraa_uart_write(m_uart, buf, len);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check to see if data is available on the device for reading
+     *
+     * @param millis number of milliseconds to wait, or 0 to return immediately
+     * @return true if there is data available to read, false otherwise
+     */
+     bool
+     dataAvailable(unsigned int millis=0)
+     {
+       if (mraa_uart_data_available(m_uart, millis))
+           return true;
+       else
+           return false;
+     }
+
   private:
     mraa_uart_context m_uart;
 };